Photos and Phantasy: Selections From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

Date: September 16, 2006 – December 10, 2006

Curated By: Billie Milam Weisman
Venue: Pepperdine University, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 506-4851

Exhibited Artists:
Joon Sung Bae, John Baldessari, Blake Boyd, Beau Bradford, Tom Burr, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Luisa Caldwell, Christo, Clegg & Gluttmann, Dawn Dedeaux, Yannick Demmerle, Richard Ehrlich, Judy Fiskin, Eric Freeman, Torben Giehler, Joe Goode, Jane Gottlieb, Brandon Graving, Gustav Gurianov, Christopher Haun, David Hockney, Louise Lawler, Srdjan Loncar, Renee Lotenero, Luciano Matus, Florian Merkel, Greg Miller, Joel Morrison, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Melanie Pullen, Jessica Rath, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Ruff, Hans Christian Schink, Christoph Schmidberger, Annelies Strba, Christopher Taggart, Roy Thurston, Timothy Tompkins, Nicole Tran Ba Vang, Raissa Venables, Andy Warhol, Marijke van Warmerdam, and John Waters.

Photos and Phantasy: Selections From The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

Over the course of the 20th century, photography came to be seen as an increasingly. creative medium which artists could use to alter, as well as capture, reality. With the rise of digital imagery, photo-based art has evolved into a dynamic means of manipulating, instead of merely documenting, what is real. This exhibition highlights the many diverse ways that fantasy and photographic technology inform contemporary art. Featuring photography, painting, sculpture, and installations from the 1950s to the present, it includes works by John Baldessari, Richard Ehrlich, Gilbert and George, David Hockney, Joel Morrison, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Ruff, Annelies Strba, Andy Warhol, and John Waters, among others.